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W. UMLAND.

UPRIGHT PIANO CASE. No. 324,051. Patented Augpll, 1885.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VVILHELM UMLAND, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

UPRlGHT-PIANO CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,051, dated August11, 1885 Application filed May 23, 1885. (No model.)

To (ZZZ whom, it may concern:

6, and having a tendency to throw such arm Be it known that l, IVlLHELMUMLAND, of rearwardly. A small pin or stop, 2', may be the city of NewYork, county and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedMusic-Rest for Upright Pianos, of which the following specification is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a new music-rest for upright pianos, whichwill be automatically put in the proper inclined position upon theopening of the lid or fall.

The invention consists in the various features of improvementhereinafter more fully pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of an uprightpiano-forte provided with my lIllPI'OVOll'lGllt, showing the lid open.Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same with the lid closed,and Fig. 3 a rear view of the front plate.

The letter A represents an upright pianoforte of customary or suitableconstruction. a

is the front plate, and I) thelid, fall, or cover, adapted to close overthe keys. The plate a is made with a large central opening of square orother shape, into which is fitted a panel, 0, of a size and shapecorresponding to that of the opening. This panel turns on pivots thatenga ge bearings at the back of plate a, as shown in Fig. 3. The panel 0is provided near its upper edge with a rearwardly-extendii1g lug, (1,against the forward face of which bears one end of a lever, c, pivotedto a cross-piece, f. The lower free end of the lever e is placedopposite to a pin, 9, which is free to slide backward and forward withina groove formed in the frame A, and opening directly back of lid 1), asseen in Fig. 2. h is a spring placed between frame A and the upper armof lever sunk into edge of lid 1) opposite to the pin g, if desired. 9'is a rest attached to the lower face of lid b, and serving to supportthe bottom of the music when the lid is swung up.

The operation of the device is as follows: When the lid 1) is down,(full lines, Fig. 2.) it pushes pin g backward, and this pin in turncauses the upper arm of lever c to be swung forward. The front edge ofthis lever-arm will now bear against the rear face of panel 0, andthereby hold such panel in its proper vertical position to close theopening in front plate, a. On the raising of lid 1), 'the spring h willbe free to throw the upper arm of lever a backward, as the pin g may bepushed forward by the lower lever-arm. The upperleverarm, bearingagainst lug (I, will cause the panel 0 to be swung on its pivots and toassume the inclined position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. Inthis position the panel serves to support the upper portion of themusic, the lower portion of which is supported on the rest j. In thisway the entire music-rest is automatically put into and out of positionon the opening or closing of the lid.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of open face-plate a withpanel 0, lid I), ler'cr 0, spring h, and pin g, substantially asspecified.

2. The combination of open face-plate a with panel 0, lid b, stop 07,lever 0, spring h, and pin g, and cross-piece f, substantially asspecified.

Y VILHELM UMLAND.

\Vitnesses:

in. J AOOB, F. V. Barnsnn.

